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147:. He was the nephew of Thurstan, who was Archbishop of York from 1114 to 1140. Presumably he owed his position as archdeacon to his uncle and was probably appointed at a young age. A charter of Thurstan's, dating to around 1138, names Osbert explicitly as Thurstan's nephew.
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William fitzHerbert as Archbishop of York and supported William's rival and successor Henry Murdac. Although he remained a supporter of Murdac after 1147, he did oppose Murdac's interventions in
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